Shintaro Hashimoto

Shintaro Hashimoto (11 May 1892-16 May 1945) was a Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.

Biography
Shintaro Hashimoto was born on 11 May 1892 in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. He was a Rear Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy at the start of World War II in 1941, and Hashimoto's Japanese 3rd Destroyer Flotilla landed Japanese troops in Malaya in the opening campaign against the United Kingdom. In 1943, having taken part in "Tokyo Express" missions, Hashimoto evacuated 11,700 Japanese troops from the island of Guadalcanal in Operation Ke, and in 1944 he became a Vice Admiral. He was killed when his cruiser Haguro was sunk by the British Royal Navy in the May 1945 Battle of the Malacca Strait.